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* I officially felt like turning off the TV and never using FOX again when an evil Stewie clone tore a woman in half for no reason.
** That episode was an entire mess. But the main plot with Meg liking Joe was a bigger turnoff for me because not only did I find it rather creepy, but it just got ridiculous when Meg drives all the way to the airport after dark to get Bonnie arrested by smuggling a gun into her bag. Then, because she finds out she and Joe have nothing in common, what does she do? She throws herself in front of a car to get crippled. It's one thing to be a [[Butt Monkey]], but to cripple yourself and get your neighbor's wife arrested just had an unpleasant message to it.
* You know... as a rule, if a comedy doesn't make you laugh, it should at least bring a smile to your face, and maybe alleviate your bad mood. Anymore? This show actually takes my good moods and makes them bad. [[Trading Places]] was just horrible. A "Carter smashing things" side-joke which had several directions that it could have gone in and been hilarious turned into another drawn-out non-joke, yet another member of the Griffin family [[Took a Level in Jerkass]], and overly real reactions to cartoonish gags were liberally applied, while somehow miraculously avoiding any thread of logic in the main plot (the Griffins should be happy; after the lawsuit they have on their hands against Pawtucket Brewery, no one will have to be the breadwinner anymore). Not even getting into the police sketch cutaway. It's time for someone to be responsible with this mess. And by the by? That buck does stop with Seth
* A relatively mild one when you compare it to the rest of the entries on this page, but I was sickened by the ending of "Tiegs for Two". The basic premise is that Brian joins Quagmires class on picking up women in the hopes it'll help him get with a girl he likes. It doesn't. Blaming Quagmire, he STEALS the woman of Glenn's dreams, Cheryl Tiegs. In revenge, Quagmire steals Jillian from Brian. Long story short, they end up with neither, and they seem to bury the hatchet. As Brian realizes that he needs a ride home, he asks Quagmire for one, who smiles, and then drives off without Brian. This I was expecting, but Quagmire reverses full speed into Brian and then drives off. I was just sickened at the sight of it.
** Yes! Dear god, yes! At the end of the episode, I thought that after going through what [[A Shared Suffering|they've put themselves through that night]] all for petty revenge they would find a new found respect for each other as the realized that they were [[Not So Different]]. Instead, Quagmire commits what's basically murder with a smirk on his face. I mean sure I enjoyed Quagmire's [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to Brian (Let's be honest, [[Author Avatar|he]] did [[Black Hole Sue|had it coming]]), but [[Moral Event Horizon|enough is enough]]!
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** Agreed. Never did I imagine the writers would be lazy enough to insert the whole damn "Dancing in the Street" music video just to tell us that it's gay. And a flash-quality video on top of that. That's not how you tell a joke, that's just an excuse for getting my mom to watch your show.
** Besides the pointless "Dancing in the Street" music video, which killed time that could have been used for funnier jokes, I'd like to also add that "Muppet-Style Sightseeing" scene. YMMV on this but really they couldn't have animated a short little montage so they had to use puppets for it instead? Even if it was part of the joke, I can't help but wonder...to be honest the whole plot itself is kind of off putting. Going to Paris so you can have a affair? Couldn't they think of a better reason to go and then somehow work in the affair?
* Next up in the neverending chronicle of how massively the show fails: "It's a Trap." I somewhat enjoyed the first two parodies, but aside from the pillow fight and [[Planes, Trains and Automobiles]] gags, this was just painful. Where do I start? [[They Just Didn't Care|The general mood that the creators phoned it in?]] [[Shaggy Dog Story|The unfunny tangent in the opening crawl?]] [[Overly Long Gag|The nodding gag that goes on for a full minute and a half?]] [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|The Seth Green bashing?]] And, of course, [[Parody Failure|the lack of jokes aside from tired references]] and beating the "we phoned this in, we didn't want to do this" schtick to death. To quote Peter, "For crying out loud, somebody throw a pie!" Seth
** I enjoyed the parody of [[Return of the Jedi]] except for two things. The first the death of Darth Vader which was for awhile faithful to the movie, but then they made Chris/Luke kill him by snapping his neck! Damnit that's just not funny especially considering [[Return of the Jedi]] was my favorite of the saga and that scene was moving originally. Also the cutaway gags sucked. Fantastic episode otherwise, really enjoyed the big [[Take That]] to [[Seth MacFarlane]] himself and how he ripped off [[The Simpsons]], although it was also a [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|missed moment of awesome]] because time could've been used to mention Brian Scully, producer of this episode and writer of some [[Mike Scully]] era Simpsons episodes. [Scully era is generally considered [[Dork Age]]].
** I tolerated the pot shots at the Ewoks and the general phoning-it-in of one of my favourite movies, but what broke the camel's back was the part where Peter/Han freaks out and forces those troopers to dig their own graves, all the while they are crying for their lives. Just too dark, it kills the mood.
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